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The Ship Sinkers - Ship Demolition Documentary
They’re floating junkyards... moth-balled, decommissioned naval vessels, rotting away in dockyards around the world. Cutting them up for scrap is expensive, and leaving them to fall apart where they are is an ecological nightmare. Sounds like a job for...THE SHIPSINKERS. The Shipsinkers takes us inside the process of turning aging, rusting hulks into thriving artificial reefs - from initial cleaning and preparation to explosives rigging to the last minu te chaos as the clock counts down to zero. With exclusive archival materials from the early daysof ship sinkings and stunning new high-definition footage, this program takes us on a journey from New Zealand, where a former frigate, the HMNZS Wellington, gets a new life underwater , to the British Columbia coast and the Florida Keys.
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[@travisbauder655]

TOO MANY ADDS I’M NOT WATCHING THE REST OF THE VIDEO

[@trumootm143]

Travis Bauder there’s a video in the ad?

[@czar89031]

i love what you people are documenting, its a study of learning how to sink a massive tons of weight, a warship, lots of experience detonator and ship sinkers

[@h.e.mtemibokono8572]

That's not genius. Why sink steel ??

[@innovativerecords2404]

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[@bobby_6ixx]

17:02 I just love how he continues to talk after his hat flew off 😂😂

[@mr12Robbo]

true profession

[@ST-ej9bt]

Haha didn't even flinch haaa

[@jbuckley2546]

He was never wearing a hat, he'll swear to that......

[@GuitarguyRichard56]

So Canadian!

[@richier5746]

Best part of the program.

[@dinshawmuncherjee5123]

I never would have imagined that sinking a derelict ship could be such a complicated and challenging task. What I truly appreciated was the care and devotion to preserving and protecting the environment, down to the last drop of hydraulic oil! A magnificent job and my blessings to this wonderful crew.

[@vantastroganoff4370]

The whole idea Strip them dip

[@Mario7p]

try watching bangladesh shipwreckers, they also very enviromentaly friendly

[@farasikosaverio1210]

Ùujj0jp

[@LERobbo]

"Sunk more ships than some navy's". Statement of the day! There is something inherently sad about a sinking ship. I don't know why, but watching a vessel slide below the waves is a happening worthy of a tear or two.

[@Not_your_mom1986]

Literally I did tear up. For not the sink shipping for all the memories going down with them. Military vessels just being scrapped etc and the soldiers homes etc. I only wonder about the rust. Would it affect?

[@sarahnaylor3765]

Only until I saw the previous ship flourishing the way it is,its so beautiful

[@frankwerner6355]

Whoever was resposible for the background music needs a hearty clip around the ear'ole.

[@andybobandy9483]

34:51 Karl has been waiting 15 years for this moment. Good for Karl

[@Castle6064]

Nice to see the old Isle Of Innisfree Sailing into Wellington in the background. A good old ship, I well remember sailing on her out of her home port of Dublin.

[@clarkanthonygabon5127]

Thanks to this free documentaries i love it💕

[@MichaelDavis-zf6nt]

31:30 damn Red Bull sponsors everything

[@torrentsofnothing2928]

44:26 That guy behind him was like ''ooh some jelly''

[@alphaetomega]

I would take one of those... Make a kick ass mansion on the water out of it.

[@bobbertee5945]

what happens in 10 yrs when your "mansion" starts leaking??

[@tylergoodsell4383]

@@bobbertee5945 be smart, build support beams underneath it so it doesnt sink

[@wiretamer5710]

Many have tired. All have failed.

[@benmac7315]

If you had that kind of money youd be better off either starting from scratch or finding something more modern that's a bit more solid. There is a reason they give these ships away, because they are absolutely stuffed. Canterbury sister ship to Wellington ended up having the water blasters putting holes in the hull when trying to clean it in dock. Not to mention all the wiring was stuffed and starting to cause fires

[@dougmapper3306]

@@benmac7315 Also hiring a tug to move that thing around is NOT cheap

[@helenstewart3934]

I will be the first to admit that I am an utter idiot with virtually zero knowledge of mechanics yet utter amazement at these machines and such high admiration of the people who design and build them, not to mention the endless bone grinding hours of exhausting work. Watching this has made all that seem like a drop in the ocean, pun intended, (Sorry); The fact these guys cared so much and didn't waste their skill and knowledge on just looking for a quick way out that then causes even more damage to our home, ("our" meaning all life on Earth), is way more than commendable, refreshing, heart warming and reassuring than ever before. To know they are cleaning them through thoroughly to ensure the safety of sealife and not just being flippant but truly taking this seriously, beginning to end and completing the project with a healthy, new and thriving environment for ocean life to begin to heal is way more than commendable. The extra hours, hurdles, exhausting work, problem solving on the spot throughout the journey, the red tape they must get tangled in and so much more and yet they never give up.. I can't speak for others just as they can not speak for me, however, for what ever it's worth, from the heart, Thank you, all of you, for the mammoth task you take on to show others out their that it can be done. I wish you all the luck, blessings and assistance you may need in the future x

[@th-fb1nl]

But the sad part is it is build to take someone's life..

[@helenstewart3934]

@@th-fb1nl That is very true and it is extremely sad. Humans can make anything discovered into a weapon, however, they, in this case, turned that around yet again to become a home and not another potential hell.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

‘No knowledge of mechanics,’…or paragraphs either it would seem!

[@fernandosantosacordionista4010]

very good

[@justinandrade2299]

15 seconds in and my first thought was...."They willingly mounted cameras to the ships they sink, and send people to retrieve them??" Anything for a shot I guess.

[@oscarmuffin4322]

I reckon there's some sort of auto-release mechanism, magnetic maybe. Then the camera will float up to the surface attached to a bright orange buoy or something.

[@kingcreations.4462]

@@oscarmuffin4322 within the rigorous compartments??? tell me how it would make itself come out all those corners

[@yottaforce]

It's probably a go-pro or similar. Rather inexpensive. Secondly, the wreck is also intended for amateur divers, so fetching those cameras is no big deal.

[@kdvr766]

No they had their camera man sink with the ship 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kartikmalani7004]

Hello 18th century guy..... For your kind information there is a thing called live feed via RF signals. Thats what they use

[@Jackson35320]

17:00 he ignored the fact that his cap was blown away by wind and kept it real.

[@vantastroganoff4370]

Only a hat

[@MoonRiver45]

AMAZING THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO SINKING THESE SHIPS.....

[@Malibus_Most_Wanted]

MoonRiver45 right sending history to the bottom of the ocean

[@macg6954]

That was cool!!!

[@peterlennoxmutugi8210]

Awesome

[@bobosmith8012]

Had the chance to watch this sinking when it happened. I just couldn't. Wellington was my home for 2 years, and they were the best 2 years by some measure.

[@Not_your_mom1986]

Bittersweet.

[@timfagan816]

It's the wind wands that you really miss isn't it! 😭

[@_IHateHandles_]

27:39 - 'Exploding at nearly 7000km/s' I think he meant 7000m/s. 7000km/s is around 1/40 the speed of light, which is no mean feat. Ha ha.

[@donwalker1882]

Just like how it weighs 6,200,000lbs lol

[@wilhelm5979]

@@donwalker1882 I mean... It actually weighs that much. The ship has a displacement of roughly 3000 tons which is more than 6,200,000 lbs.

[@adriank9234]

Yes, misspoke on that one. Det Cord explodes at around 6400m/s or 22,000ft/s and looks instant. Done a bit in my time. another way to say it, also @ 4 miles per second which equates to 6437m/s

[@Damiansmokeyftp]

U Andy from Niagara

[@TheSilmarillian]

Get cord fuses a four miles per second and if its above ground you can see the light pulse flash through the fuse run

[@joshuajosh332]

Daaaamn good

[@MrAJWorks]

👍👍👍

[@aaalanwp]

for all of us that think we should have kept a 'Falklands' vessel as a reminder/museum, I strongly believe , this is as good a way as i have seen to do just that.. thank you

[@XXSkunkWorksXX]

Not sure the 323 onboard the _ARA General Belgrano_ would agree ...

[@AA-69]

A REMINDER OF WHAT. ? THE NEEDLESS MURDER OF YOUNG ARGINTINE CONSCRIPTS. ?!?!...BY AN EVIL POLITICIAN DESPERATELY HANGING ON TO POWER. !!!!

[@AA-69]

@@XXSkunkWorksXX May Thatcher RIH. !!!!!👍

[@daystatesniper01]

Good upload ,would have loved that Wellington nameplate !

[@damonkelly5318]

This is AWSOME I wish I could work with them doing this wicked job

[@charleslindberg829]

Go to trade schools.. learn the trade. Skip college, go straight to trade school. Welding, fabrication, metal work, etc. What this economy really needs. Achieve your dreams, kid.

[@Frankie343]

Very cool 😎👍🏻

[@appeltje]

Chapeau messieurs , bon bulot ! 👍👍

[@bossdog1480]

The HMNZS Wellington is the same class of ship I served on in the Australian Navy, HMAS Stuart. The DE's were good ships for their time although more suited to colder climes as they were hard to keep cool. I think we were docked together in Singapore around '84/'85. The NZ ships had helicopter capability, ours didn't.

[@tee2899]

Ex UK Leander class frigates

[@bossdog1480]

@@tee2899 Ours were built in Australia.

[@shoominati23]

I thought Kiwi's were flightless Birds though??

[@kingjames4886]

those fire mortars on the deck are a nice touch too....

[@derrickfarrar5736]

If only there was a Intrinsically safe way to communicate with people over long distances instantly without having to yell and shout

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

To be fair, He did try calling & got sent to voicemail. though he didn't even try to radio in or, he did and the editors decided to cut that out to add some *dramatic suspense!* lmao xD

[@philippal8666]

Pigeons

[@mjb12141963]

That was nice!

[@dogwedl1167]

[@Jae_972]

44:26 guy in the background licking his hand lol

[@reetyul88]

Looks like he probably cut his hand a little bit...

[@grizzly8859]

What a pin head

[@subrotokarmakar3016]

Any 90's kid watching this? Use headphones for music they used of Project IGI @ 02:00 😂😂 hats off Discovery to discover it now.

[@vantastroganoff4370]

I see boat

[@arieschronicles8373]

I loved playing IGI..believe me that's the only video games I ever played... not even mario

[@MrEqp123]

Let me save you the excitement here @ 42:00 😂

[@ffffffff963]

17:02 the legendary unflappable nature of a Canuck in a world ending crisis.... ice cold blood running through this canucks veins...

[@haydenwyllie4456]

My dad use to service the ac units on the Wellington. That was a few moons ago now.

[@Jethro50]

I spent five years of my life on this ship as Bacchante so I have mixed feelings about this, sad because I spent most of my time keeping her afloat, but pleased she was not scrapped on an Indian beach!

[@sarahnaylor3765]

This is my feeling, I think it would be sadder to see her cut up than sent to the seabed with a big celebration yo become an artificial reef and others I've seen are just beautiful

[@brendancoul]

sad to see her i served on her as HMS Bachante in 1981 a good ship but still lives on

[@Ginokhu]

Brendan Coulton ty for ur service

[@benmac7315]

Hardly, she broke into 2 the day she was sunk and subsequently into afew more. She was poorly sunk in the wrong location.

[@PieAndChips]

The Leanders were some of the finest ships that we ever had.

[@tee2899]

Bacchante was my first ever ships visit in Chatham 1976. I was doing my baby chefs course.

[@daddybob6096]

I remember the HMNZS Wellington berthed at Taranaki Wharf adjacent to Te Papa Museum of New Zealand, years ago prior to being scuttled in Cook Strait off Island Bay. F69.

[@joman1688]

Please donate or give freely this Ships to the Philippines for shelter of the marines., or temporary shelter for the fishermen in case they got caught of typhoon.

[@bartcouprie4986]

I grew up in Wellington, and HMNZS Wellington was my first ship when I posted onboard in 1987, and served in her until the start of 1989. A hugely sentimental video for me!

[@edwinprasing8992]

We've had an exchange sailor from the HMNZS Wellington aboard our dutch navelship HMS jan van Brakel in 1988.....nice bloke that almost wanted to enlist with our navy lol

[@bartcouprie4986]

@@edwinprasing8992 hey, I was on Wellington when that exchange happened! I remember it well, as I asked to be sent over for the exchange, as my parents are Dutch, and I still speak the language. I didn't get to go, but enjoyed surprising some of your sailors on our ship. Still a great experience though. Hello Shipmate!

[@edwinprasing8992]

@@bartcouprie4986 Hey buddy....damn shame you missed out on that one.....we had a lot of fun with him (in a nice way). We had a great time anyway in Wellington and with the Wellington. i''m still very close friends with most of my crew from that period. great to see someone from a great schip and from a great time....TC sailor

[@acehandler1530]

And another 'fringe' benefit - if you snagged one with your drag net you'd be done. Good job you Canadians - paying it forward!

[@fredtedstedman]

LEANDER class were good sea-boats ...........right up to the end !

[@13thSystem]

Just tow those ships ashore in India and it will disappear in a few weeks

[@fabblo5588]

in my village either

[@wiretamer5710]

Yeah... have you ever drunk Indian water? Most of it comes from wells. And its full of all the toxic shit that comes out of large scale salvage operations and many other unregulated industrial practices. The developing world cannot handle corporate corruption. That is why exporting unprocessed industrial waste to the developing world must and is being banned.

[@kansasthunderman1]

Yes, it is cheaper to scrap them than sink them and there are metal recyclers all over the U.S. that can cut them up for an electric arc furnace.

[@justgrass3812]

@@wiretamer5710 I would disagree as in India individual citizens are allowed to dig/bore their own well and pump clean water, whereas most western countries, New Zealand rely on council water care operations for regions, you clearly lack knowledge or just ignorant

[@mcearl8073]

Just Grass You clearly lack knowledge in even understanding what he just said. He said the water comes from wells. When all the toxic waste from all the unregulated industry operations goes into the ground where do you think it goes? It goes in all those wells, it doesn’t matter who digs the fucking things. Are you really under the impression that any water coming out of a Well is just automatically clean?

[@ger128]

"Something, and no-one knows exactly what, went wrong... the ship began to sink."

[@cleverusername9369]

It's kinda like how Guy Fawkes jumped off the gallows platform to do the hanging himself,instead of being dropped through the trapdoor by the executioner: the ship just wanted to do it herself.

[@steveadams99708]

Great video - could have done without a lot of the over dramatization!

[@charleslindberg829]

Congratulations. Not your documentary, not your choice. Nitpicking gets you nowhere.

[@ahmadakimullah1473]

Good 😳🤯🌍

[@Herowebcomics]

These guys are SO cool! They turn something that pollutes into something that can help the ocean! ...And made money while doing it!

[@josephjackson7269]

Bet taxpayers didn’t know they footed the bill. Ship could have been sold and recycled which reduces strip mining of iron ore plus taxpayers would have benefited

[@oke357]

Sinking the ship is like trowing your mac donalds on a parkin lot 🤣

[@Mexican_Hero]

hi can i get 10 pieace chicken nuggets with fries please

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

More like throwing it in a composter. All toxic chemicals are removed, and it provides a vital habitat. Ships wear out: but it can have a new life underwater, as essentially a fish hotel, and as something for precious coral reefs to grow on.

[@boltonky]

I was like pretty sure i remember this ship...then looked up date it sank ohh was ages ago so did live in wellington then.. Random but this is the reailty these days scrap best you can then make artificial reefs

[@wilsongarland7893]

I am 82 years old, lived around the Chesapeake Bay for all those years and seen enough water filled up in this area to rise the water level to at least where it is today. Stop blaming it on other causes and stop all of them before we do not have any land left!

[@josephjackson7269]

They do movie spectaculars with ships at governments expense. Not a bad deal

[@highlysuggestible861]

During a storm in 2006 she broke in three, and scattered debris along the shoreline. The depth of her keel is approximately 21m (69ft)

[@torhalle1926]

27:40 Detcord doesent explode at speed of 7000 kilometers per second. Its 7000 meters per second.

[@MsJinkerson]

wrecks back in the day were treasure hunters dreams

[@buckbuck9225]

" it didn't sink.and no one knows why"? I do. Someone didnt know what they were doing..

[@hhk342]

What a world , pouting the Mather earth ❗️and be pride ❕🚯 ♻️

[@wazzazone]

Telling the ship to co-operate!! ?? WTF it's an inanimate object

[@vickicoghlan1899]

RIP Chups and Fush!!!!

[@KadojiProductions]

i watched this blow up. happy i know why it took awhile stood waiting up on the hill for hours after the original time frame. lol still live in wellington

[@zolbad]

I Don't know whats more important...A New Reef...Recycling or Fun for Divers

[@PratapSingh03]

They did incredibly all things

[@jonathanquimpo4024]

👍

[@Ormathon]

@ 44:02 .. it looks like something grabbed and dragged the front end down since that thing went down super FAST. Lurkin kraken got a new toy? :P

[@crazyeyesc.s1143]

Vancouver island !! Where's the plane at !! 🍻🇨🇦

[@nellygee1655]

I got to go on that boat when it was working before it got scuttle!!

[@mr12Robbo]

900k!!!

[@alexmontgomery255]

27:40 7000 meters per second not 7000 kilometers per second. I know, I’m nitpicking.

[@curtisophillipsjr3203]

A shame that New Zealand did not keep her as a museum ship,

[@hennyyulianashamilyuliana1761]

FEDRAL

[@jimmycline4778]

That’s a whole lot of steel that could have been recycled!

[@deanmcgivney5138]

Literally just been thinking that what a waste of mats

[@terrandroid]

Kind of useless, in 50 years the ocean's will be empty and to toxic to inhabit any life

[@terrandroid]

@Tomas Flores start small, if I would cut up a 1000 dollars of steel a day I would make a nice living.

[@Atupaitea]

yaa.. why don't they..?

[@aleksandaraleksic4067]

@@terrandroid Bullshit!

[@Someyungrebel]

I remember watching this on discovery channel when I was a kid

[@tryingharder6392]

The time restraints teams are at work here, overtime.

[@adampadum12345]

beauty and destruction

[@cobrasvt347]

7000km/second damn that’s what a little over fifteen and a half million miles per hour. That’s the most interesting thing so far here. That’s rippin.

[@MittyNuke1]

Think they meant to say 7000 m/s

[@caldeira_a]

@@MittyNuke1 yes

[@glennwall552]

Believe they helped Australia with the sinking of our last Destroyer. The folk thought to make a reef off Sydney. They thought they would just tow it out and blow holes in it hull simple. Till we found out and they only stripped out the copper wiring. Any road they needed it fixed quick and these chaps I believe did it.

[@mezeeboi4019]

respekt for the lost hat 17:02

[@ger128]

"It's critical that no-one be left on board" :-P

[@imapaine-diaz4451]

you think!~

[@joshuaseemann2972]

When I heard “these Canadians have a different approach” the words “ah fak I thank I sent her a little to hard bud” run through my head

[@southoripper]

Good comment eh! lol!!

[@ToSeeTheSea]

I see you there @NormGreenall

[@uria2001]

23:45 I like the reset to get the proper handshake.

[@cleverusername9369]

I think the inspector was holding a clipboard or folder or something in his right hand and was just transferring it to his left.

[@sodster68]

Very interesting, shame on the drama though.

[@GoatrazziRoom]

I heard about this for the first time..

[@Foxtrot2F]

Ships :))

[@pistonar]

What difference does it make it the ship rolls over? How does it become a nav hazard?

[@markmayfield2228]

The height of the ship is smaller than the width. It would put it too close to the surface. Plus, like the Florida sink, due to the shape of the hull, it is unstable on it's side. Currents could push it around uncontrolled. It would lead to constant monitoring of the position of the ship. If it is flat on the keel, the ship's movement is kept to a minimum. Fortunately, Hurricane Dennis righted the ship to where it was supposed to be.

[@rogersurf4149]

Would have thought that the decommissioned ship would be more valuable as scrap steel!

[@robertplatte5700]

some people will pay to dive the wreck, tourist dollar lasts a lot longer than scrap metal dollar

[@ThorHiney210]

The cost of towing the ship to the scrapyard (one that would take a toxic time bomb) outweighs the scrap revenue

[@Buzzard1]

My friends Roy Gabriel and Jay Straith.

[@vantastroganoff4370]

Holy christ That gambler isle

[@NighthawkNZ]

F-69 HMNZS Wellington... My old ship...

[@alexbrodie6149]

I can't imagine what it must be like all, the hours of your life spent on her, I don't know what branch you where in but it must be kind of sad to see all your hard work be sunk, I sort of couldn't imagine watching my ship be sunk

[@MichaelPineda22]

17:01 😅

[@mikes9781]

This resembles Vancouver, BC. A little.

[@andrewspence8100]

I went on a school trip to watch the Queen launch her at cammel lairds, wirral,merseyside UK.sadly a shadow of a shipyard to what it was but still in use, also seen f79 being launched about 1987 or thereabouts.

[@YPO6]

Is it possible to make artificial reef from empty beer cans?

[@trumootm143]

Why not use the ships for navy/army practice

[@outlawbadge1]

Loved the fireworks in the end. That was a lot of work to get ready and thank you for sharing. 👍

[@sawarebel]

Why they cant reuse or recycle this steel?

[@Dave-id6sj]

@KISHANTH JEYAMOORTHY there is still nearly 3,000 tons of steel that doesn't have to be mined that can be used, the very last bits that cannot be used can be shredded and combined with other waste to produce road base.

[@airforce1393]

Too much work. Most people don’t have the funds to scrap a ship.

[@sawarebel]

@@airforce1393 U can just take 10 people and the circular saw and do it in few hours

[@airforce1393]

Dodge Guy I don’t think you understand the size of this ship. Nor do you understand that it’s gonna take more then 10 people and a saw to do this. I really hope you were being sarcastic

[@sawarebel]

@@airforce1393 Of course it will take a lot more,but i think its worth it at least for the sake of environment

[@paulcoffey359]

Haven't they heard of Wheelbarrows in New Zealand? The bloke at 11:08 is going to be at that for weeks...

[@strietermarinesurvey1415]

No they use beach toys, takes a bit longer but way cheaper than a wheelbarrow!

[@wilhelm5979]

I was thinking the same thing when they were moving the steel scrap with a forklift. Why not just get a loader or skid steer with a grapple bucket instead?

[@rossie273]

government worker ?

[@paulcoffey359]

@@rossie273 National voter

[@davidroot1972]

i SERVED ON HMS BACCANTE IN THE 70s D C ROOT

[@tee2899]

My first ships visit in Chatham dockyard in 76. I was at the cookery school doing my training

[@davanagerenewwaves9241]

Use the recycle for material in shap